December 7 (BTA) - A segment of the border fence on the Bulgarian-Turkish border, has been destroyed by torrential rain and is now being repaired, the Bourgas District government said Thursday. Pictures of the ruined fence dated December 4 went viral after they were posted by a Socialist MP.

The Socialist party has repeatedly said that the border fence was poorly built and overpriced.

The Bourgas district authorities said that "a small segment" of the 127-km fence in the territory of Bourgas District was ruined "by a huge mass of water, leaves, timber and stones".

The district government has a signed a contract with a company which is now responsible for maintaining the border fence and this contractor has immediately started work to restore the ruined segment.

The statement says that border security is not compromised.

Bulgaria built the fence to keep illegal migrants from entering across the green border. LN/RY/